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California Greening (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
The recent upsurge of student strikes and rallies surrounding the CA budget cuts and education cutbacks are significant in their scale and scope. Our task as Greens is to focus their political impact and develop campaign strategies, such as the one in Orange County that increased voter support for Greens. The election of Dana Silvernale to the Northern Humboldt Union High School Board is a significant...
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Tony's Kansas City (Free subscription) | yesterday
A bunch of links for the night time . . . Enjoy . . . So tough to stay winning: Six clerks tried to cheat "lottery winners," Kan. AG says Alonzo Washington: " More proof that Kansas City is a racist city! " MO Rage perspective: On the City Manager being ousted Glory Days Redux: Ex-Missouri Player Arrested After Fight Keeping The Sunflower State Stupid: Kansas Governor Cuts Education...
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Silicon Valley Watcher (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Two great events coming up: I ran into the stylish Shaun Sanders, from Graffiti PR, at the recent TEDxSF event and he told me about Geek Chic , Thursday December 3. It's an event he's organized to collect Christmas toys and also to have some fun. At: K&D showrooms, 700 2nd Street, with gourmet fare, hosted bar, massages, and a VIP goody bag. 7pm $10 in adv./$15 at the door. Tickets: http://geekchic.eventbrite.com/...
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I Thought a Think (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
2012 has come early! Repent! REPENT! Last year we had a $9,000,000,000 hole that hurt, but at least we had a lot of options for what we could cut, and we had stimulus money that made things better than they would have been otherwise. This year we have a $2.5 billion dollar hole, and we’re screwed hardcore. The thought being expressed by some now is that we have to look at revenue possibilities—a...
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Bamboo Killers (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
My cat is home from the hospital and today I am supposed to buy a house so I was really excited all morning, then lunch time came and the union meeting. Over the next two years, California's education budget is slated to be short by a billion dollars. That's BILLION. With a B. That means probably more teacher layoffs, maybe furlough days, cutting programs left and right. Maybe no more music, art, yearbook....
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Maryland Politics Watch (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
One of the points made by Blair Lee in his must-read column on the state's Maintenance of Effort (MOE) law for school funding is that Montgomery County has been paying well in excess of the state's requirements for education funding for many years. Lee is right about this in a very big way and here is the evidence supporting his view. The Maryland Legislative Information Services' website contains...
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Educators and union leaders from elementary to graduate school came together yesterday afternoon to implore the Legislature to restore the steep cuts the state’s education system has suffered during the current budget crisis.
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
WAKEFIELD - Under pressure from the state, the Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School District has cut more than $850,000 with its latest budget proposal and sent new assessment bills to the 12 cities and towns that send students to its high school.
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Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
SCOTLAND'S largest teaching union has condemned proposed budget cuts by East Lothian Council, saying they will have a "devastating" effect on pupils.
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
SCOTLAND'S largest teaching union has condemned proposed budget cuts by East Lothian Council, saying they will have a "devastating" effect on pupils.
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
If you're trying to get an early read on how the stimulators plan to rob us next, David Leonhardt's column is a good place to look for information. Right from the start, you can tell this isn't going to go well: The one highly visible success of the stimulus bill has been the cash-for-clunkers program. It induced a boom in vehicle sales this summer that clearly would not have happened otherwise. Industry...
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NYC Educator (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Stop whining about your oversized classes and overcrowded buildings! NYC has some serious issues. That's why we're getting proactive and starting the fight against bedbugs right away. After all, those 500 school aides Mayor-for-life Bloomberg just fired are gonna have to sleep somewhere, and public schools, or at least schoolyards, are pretty much all over the city. The city's also investing in other...
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Harvardhism (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
"In Britain our art schools are, of course, under-funded. They therefore have to take on too many students from abroad with poor skills but rich parents who can afford the higher fees for overseas students, helping the schools' budgets but leaving talented, but impecunious, students without a look-in. ... The only memorable thing about art schools now is how forgettable the students' work invariably...
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Random Musings (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
They didn't actually do much today, so this recap will be brief - 1. The Governor finally issued the official call for a special session of the legislature. The paperwork authorizing the 3 p.m. opening made it over to the lege a little before 1 p.m. 2. Both chambers then met, recited a prayer, the pledge of allegiance, and then adjourned. 3, The Senate will return to session on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m....
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Archipelago's primary focus on students in elementary and middle schools is a unique investment opportunity in the online education sector, which is "getting quite crowded," according to Scott Sweet of IPOBoutique. It's the third education services IPO this year. The other two focused on college students, as do most publicly traded education companies.
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